New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Pitcher

Manufacturer John Turner Factory

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1790

MediumStoneware

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)

Inscribedunmarked

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number77.1192B

Not on view

DescriptionPitcher of a refined hard creamy-white stoneware. Decorations in the form of low reliefs are applied against a chocolate-colored slip. The decorations are medallions depicting scenes from Greek mythology. Attributed to the John Turner factory which was located in Staffordshire at Lane End (now called Longton).

Exhibition History"Classical Traditions at the Moses Myers House," Moses Myers House, Norfolk, VA, April 17 - December 1, 2013.Published ReferencesJOSIAH WEDGWOOD AND HIS POTTERY, William Burton, Cassell & Co., Ltd., London, 1922, p. 152-3. THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENGLISH POTTERY AND PORCELAIN, Wolf Mankowitz and Reginald G. Haggar, Hawthorne Books, New York 1957, p. 225.